CAMERA TYPES

1. DSLR Cameras

DSLR camera is the short form of Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera. This is the most popular types of cameras in the market. All professional photographers will have one DSLR camera in their kit. It is actually a combination of a digital imaging sensor with a single lens reflex camera.

DSLR cameras come with a detachable lens. So, you can change the camera lens based on the type of photography.

In a DSLR camera, you can get a direct view of the scene through the camera’s optical viewfinder. Both full frame and half frame camera options are available in DSLR cameras.

Canon and Nikon are the two popular manufacturers of DSLR cameras.

2. Mirrorless Cameras

If you remove the optical viewfinder from a DLSR camera, then you get the mirrorless. So, the optical viewfinder would be missing from the mirrorless camera. This removes some amount of weight from the camera body.

Image falling on the camera sensor can be seen directly on the viewfinder. This makes mirrorless cameras lightweight and easy to handle.

3. Point and Shoot Cameras

Point and Shoot cameras are compact cameras, useful for people who want to capture vacation pictures or family pictures. These are for people who are not interested in photography and just wanted to capture images.

They come with a fixed lens and variable focal length. You will not be able to get the telephoto reach in a point and shoot camera. Hence, it is the best camera for documentation purpose.

4. Smartphone Cameras

Nowadays, we are getting good cameras in Smartphones itself. Almost, all smartphones come with dual cameras, one in the front for selfies and one at the back.

Some smartphones even have dual cameras at the back, one for portrait shots and the other for regular shots.

Smartphones like iPhone from Apple, Redmi Note 5 pro from Xiaomi are few examples for Smartphones with good camera features.

5. Bridge Cameras

Bridge camera, as the name suggests lies in between point and shoot cameras and DSLR cameras. These types of cameras come with a fixed lens, and most of the Bridge cameras cover the telephoto focal range.

So, it is an excellent option to photograph wildlife and sports, if your budget is low or if you are not interested in a DSLR or a mirrorless camera.

6. Medium Format Cameras

In early days, medium format cameras used 120mm films. In this digital age, the film got replace by the digital camera sensor with a size similar to the 120mm film. Few manufacturers still produce medium format film cameras. It comes with a bigger camera sensor and at a higher price.

So, if you are looking for extremely high-quality images with a high noise performance then you should go for the medium format cameras. So, this is the first choice of camera for fashion photographers.

Hasselblad is one of the popular Medium format camera brands.

7. Film Cameras

Last but not least, we have the film cameras. It all started with film cameras. During the early days of photography, we use film as the medium to record images. Later, Film got replaced by the camera sensor and memory cards.

The ISO part of the image comes as the film feature. So, we need to change the film rolls according to our ISO needs. 

You can control the Aperture and Shutter speed from the camera. Now, camera manufacturers have stopped producing these types of cameras for photography due to lack of demand.

8. Instant Camera

As the name suggests, Instant cameras are capable of printing photos just after capturing it. It was Polaroid Corporation who introduced this type of cameras in the market. 

The earlier generation of Instant cameras used films, and it got replaced by paper prints. There are many different models from Polaroid, and other Instant camera manufactures. Kodak and Fujifilm are the other known manufacturers of Instant cameras.

9. Digital Cine Cameras

Digital Cine cameras are high-end types of cameras used for filming movies or documentaries. They come with interchangeable lens options. Film professionals make use of cine cameras. They are used mainly for video recording, and all the models are capable of supporting resolutions of 4k and more.

 10. GoPro Cameras 

 GoPro Cameras are known for their miniature size, capable of fitting into many places where it is tough to mount normal cameras.

You can use an action camera to capture images, record videos and do time-lapse photography. They come with various mounting options. You can mount it on helmet, wrist, body, on vehicles or on clothing.

There are camera housings which you can use to record videos under water.  Most of the action cameras support 4k resolution.

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